Name that Upgrade!
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:52 am
Hey guys! I've come to you in disguise to have a little fun and offer some help and thoughts at the same time.
Here's how this works, I'll present a system i'm working on, and you feed me your thoughts and ideas of the system itself and the best way to upgrade it for a specific task ill give. here goes!
I put this system together in February of 2011
THE SYSTEM-
The Case - a CM 690 Nvidia edition(no not the advanced II, the original version)
Motherboard - MSI H55M-E33
CPU - Intel Core i3 550 3.20 Ghz
Graphics Card - MSI TWIN FROZR II Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 768 mb
Memory - PNY DDR3 1333 mhz 2gig(x2, for 4gigs total)
HDD - Samsung spinpoint F3, I think, hold on ahh yes it is.( 7200 rpm 1 TB in size)
Power - gimme just a moment.. Ultra LSP 550W
CPU cooler - Stock
OS - Win 7 OEM 64bit
if you want any additional information just ask
Alright this was a system I built for someone with the focus on gaming, This person is now looking to upgrade their system to match current day specs as well as to be able to handle 3D, he's getting a BENQ XL2420TX and wants his comp to be able to handle the 120hz even in 3D without a problem for of course more than a year on top game settings.
Now I have a fair idea what i'm going to tell him and go over with him to do about this but lets see what you guys think. And hey, maybe you'll save him money, or me money, or both of us money xD
oh also, he's a novice at computer's so overclocking and the such isn't going to be happening therefore the system doesn't need to be able to overclock well, but perform well from the get go!
Here's how this works, I'll present a system i'm working on, and you feed me your thoughts and ideas of the system itself and the best way to upgrade it for a specific task ill give. here goes!
I put this system together in February of 2011
THE SYSTEM-
The Case - a CM 690 Nvidia edition(no not the advanced II, the original version)
Motherboard - MSI H55M-E33
CPU - Intel Core i3 550 3.20 Ghz
Graphics Card - MSI TWIN FROZR II Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 768 mb
Memory - PNY DDR3 1333 mhz 2gig(x2, for 4gigs total)
HDD - Samsung spinpoint F3, I think, hold on ahh yes it is.( 7200 rpm 1 TB in size)
Power - gimme just a moment.. Ultra LSP 550W
CPU cooler - Stock
OS - Win 7 OEM 64bit
if you want any additional information just ask
Alright this was a system I built for someone with the focus on gaming, This person is now looking to upgrade their system to match current day specs as well as to be able to handle 3D, he's getting a BENQ XL2420TX and wants his comp to be able to handle the 120hz even in 3D without a problem for of course more than a year on top game settings.
Now I have a fair idea what i'm going to tell him and go over with him to do about this but lets see what you guys think. And hey, maybe you'll save him money, or me money, or both of us money xD
oh also, he's a novice at computer's so overclocking and the such isn't going to be happening therefore the system doesn't need to be able to overclock well, but perform well from the get go!